Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
“Killing a fetus in utero is not the same thing as killing a sentient human being. When the right gets around to facing scientific facts and abiding by what they say, then we can have an intelligent discussion on the issue. The US killed tens of thousands of people who
Continue readingDuring WWII, too few in Nazi occupied areas extended help to beleaguered Jews. In the aftermath of the war, the State of Israel recognized those righteous people. The criteria for those who achieve the honor of “Righteous among the Nations” are few and demanding: Since 1963, a commission, headed by
Continue readingTime flies, especially when you’re running around like a chicken without a head. How also to explain my delay in posting last week’s Watcher’s Council winners? Council Winners *First place with 3 votes! Joshuapundit––Fast And Furious – How The Dept. Of Justice Ran Illegal Guns To Mexican Drug Gangs Second
Continue readingTime Magazine, which is scarcely a relevant publication anymore (at least not the way it was when I was growing up), garnered itself some publicity by questioning whether the Constitution still matters. Proving that there are good lawyers out there, Aaron Worthing explains the thirteen egregious errors Time made in
Continue readingHollywood comic Evan Sayet is proving himself to be a truly significant thinker and observer of human foibles. In this commentary, he explores the fundamental divide between the Left and Right /Conservative views of humanity. http://frontpagemag.com/2011/06/27/being-honest-about-the-%E2%80%9Cpartisan-divide%E2%80%9D/ One one side you have Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s vision of “perfect” or “natural” human beings
Continue readingEarlier today, I urged you to read Peter Wehner’s post about the way in which Leftist ideology paves the way for massacres — massacres that the Left often refuses to ignore, because they don’t fit into the Leftist narrative. I was thinking about this peculiar morality in connection with a
Continue reading’nuff said (h/t Captain Capitalism) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK3Eo9cScEQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Continue readingI like Pete Wehner’s writing a lot. I don’t always agree with him, but I often do, and I always enjoy the way in which he develops his ideas. This column, about the post-Vietnamesque horrors that Obama is cheerily planning for Afghanistan (although I’d say the Taliban will be even
Continue readingEd Driscoll gathers compelling evidence showing that, when you think the New York media hates you, you’re right.
Continue readingI figured out the analogy for Obama’s little end run around the Congress’ refusal to pass the DREAM Act, which sees him using an executive order to instruct the INS not to crack down on college students and service people who are in this country illegally. It reminds me of
Continue readingYesterday, I attended the commissioning ceremony for a newly minted second lieutenant in the United States Marines. It was a moving and inspiring experience, and I’m glad my son was there to witness it. The reason I was there goes back more than thirty years. As I might have mentioned
Continue readingGreyhawk looks at Obama’s horrible gaffe at Fort Drum. Also, I’m at American Thinker today.
Continue readingI spent four hours at my Mom’s yesterday trying to organize her medicines. I am more gray now than I was before. My son, who was with me, kept saying “This is insane. This is insane.” The insanity operated at a lot of levels. Some of the insanity comes about
Continue readingMy child participates in a youth swim league. In a couple of weeks, all the regional swim teams are gathering together for the big meet of the season. Each swim team has to pay a fee to participate. Because I’m on the planning committee this year, I learned something interesting:
Continue readingWhen I read about Obama’s drawing down troops so that he’d send tens of thousands home right before the election, I said that I didn’t think this would make the troops vote for him. Barry Rubin kindly pointed out that the calculation wasn’t to get troop votes, but to get
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